U.S. President Donald Trump will meet the CEOs of America's biggest companies on Tuesday, including many whose market value has dipped in recent days as recession and inflation fears soured consumer and investor sentiment.

US stocks on Tuesday extended a selloff that has dragged the benchmark S&P 500 down 5.3% so far in 2025, with investors rattled over increased tariffs on imports and souring consumer sentiment.

US stocks opened mostly down as worries over the tariffs and the economy linger. Companies say consumer demand is slowing.

The signs of a recession, how they affect the public and what you can do to prepare financially in case one comes.

Generating ominous headlines about an economic downturn may not seem like a natural path to winning public support for Trump’s “golden age of America.” And it’s left people from Washington to Wall Street wondering what’s really at play.